#I doubt I'll stop creating AUs but I hope you guys have just as much fun with them as I do!

[twisted-wonderland-shenanigans]

Edited since this was crafted last night: the number is now at 667 followers, but I just couldn't resist doing this post when I saw where it was before that 😂

Me: *-checks settings to look at asks-*

Whelp...you know what this means...

Time to introduce the one AU that's just on theme with this! :D

Honestly, I was going to wait a while to introduce this AU idea, but when am I gonna have another opportunity like this? XD (next Halloween might've been another possibility but eh!)

Anyway, so I've got a myriad of AU ideas that have been in the works for a while or for a month or so now. And the AU that is just on theme with the new follower count?

Twisted Wonderland!Demon AU of course~! >v<

I'm still developing a good chunk of things and fine tuning the worldbuilding, but here's a premise of what this AU entails (likely to be updated to read better later):

Summoned to NRC, Yuu is branded with the mark of the Great Seven (or Raven; still deciding!) as a sign of becoming a powerful demon. The problem is: Yuu is a human. A magicless human, to be exact. Protected only by account of the mark they carry, Yuu must learn how to survive in a school full of demons that want nothing more than to take their soul from them. Can Yuu find a way to return home, or will they find their place as a new demon summoner?

Now, one thing to note is that technically speaking, Yuu is not the only human at the school full of demons--who that is, though, will be revealed when I put out a roster. UvU Angels and humans also exist here as well, and they all technically live together, just like how beastmen, fae, and merfolk do in the game.

Anyway, let me know what you guys think and I'll see about doing a proper introduction post to the AU! Questions for the AU are available, but keep in mind that since it's still a WIP, I may not be able to answer things right away, or it might just help me with more worldbuilding!

Also, if you guys know me well, just know that there will be plenty of fluff opportunities with this AU, but there are some scenarios that will ambient/intense situations--nothing too serious in my opinion though. I won't really go in depth with certain things, though I will always put in a warning or tag appropriately as necessary!

[imkylotrash]

Kaleidoscope

Pairing: Steve Rogers x reader

Request: AU request where Steve lied about his age when he got into the army and now that he's lived in the modern world, he starts doubting himself. The world isn't as he remembered when he went into the ice, and he can't really figure out the rules. So, when Tony makes a comment, it really hits home.

A/N The request is a summary of two very long requests. One of them mentioned Steve and the reader being teenagers, but I really don't feel comfortable writing from the perspective of a teenager, so I've tried to incorporate it in a different way ✨

Tagging: @bitchwhytho @music-of-melody @shadowhuntyi @avada-kedavra-bitch-187

Sometimes, Steve's hands still feel ice-cold despite the fact that he's been out of the ice for almost 5 years now. Sometimes, Steve still shudders when you forget to turn on the radiator, even though his body temperature is probably hotter than the radiator. Sometimes, Steve imagines things that aren't real, and you know this about him. Not because he's told you, but because you like to watch him when he thinks no one watches him. It's little things like always wanting a blanket when you're sitting on the couch, or how he'll bring his hands up to his mouth and blow warm air onto them even in the summertime. Steve Rogers is struggling. And you have no idea how to help him.

"Should we watch a movie?" you ask, entering your room where Steve is currently hiding under your duvet. He didn't even get up for his morning run, which (despite how it sounds) worries you. Sam texted you asking if he was alright, and the truth is that you don't have an answer for him. When there's a mission, Steve is great. He takes on the persona of Captain America, and he can ignore his own mind while he fights, but it's periods like this one where everything falls apart. In the silence, Steve can't ignore his own doubts, and you know exactly how that feels.

"I'll be right down," he mutters, but make no effort to move.

"Come on. No time to be moping around," you say, hoping you sound somewhat optimistic. You reach out a hand and grab the duvet to pull it back.

"There's that pretty face of yours," you tease, cupping his cheek.

"Hey," he whispers, looking at you with clear adoration in his eyes. You hope your eyes don't betray you and show your worry. You want to help him, but it's hard when he won't open up to you.

"Do you want to come downstairs?" Slowly, he gets up and follows you out into the hallway. His fingers intertwine with yours, and you're happy to offer any kind of support you can. The rest of the team are already in the much too big living area that obviously has been designed by Tony.

"I was beginning to think you might have gotten lost somewhere in this high-tec building of mine. Don't worry, big guy. Technology can be confusing." Tony laughs, unaware of the feelings of doubt he's creating in Steve by making that comment. You give his hand a gentle squeeze, remembering the many late nights when you stayed up to teach him about the world he woke up in. Technology, the historical events he missed, and even some pop culture - though he didn't care much about the last one.

"Tony?"

"Yes, my dear," he says, looking over at you with a glint in his eye.

"Shut up." Everyone laughs and for a minute, things seem good. But one too many of those comments and you can just tell that Steve is regretting coming downstairs.

"Tony," you warn but he just won't stop today. Once again he's on a roll and a little too self-centered to realize that Steve is not finding this funny at all.

"Do you ever stop talking? You think you're so funny but all you know how to do is make people at the expense of someone else. For once, just shut up!" Everyone is quiet. It's the first time Steve has ever had an outburst like this, and none of you know what to do.

"Rogers..." Tony doesn't have time to formulate any kind of apology before Steve gets up and leaves the room.

"Thanks, Tony. Just what I needed," you say before following Steve. When you find him sitting on the bed in your room, his chest is heaving as he struggles to control his breathing.

"I'm sorry," he gasps. You keep quiet as you inch closer, giving him the chance to ask for space. But he hugs you tightly, allowing you to be the anchor he needs to calm down.

"I'm right here," you say, stroking his back gently.

"It just got too much. I know I'm new to all of these things, but I'm trying to learn."

"Steve, you're not stupid. You came out of the ice as a 23-year-old guy after having missed crucial years of development within technology. Obviously, you have to learn a thing or two." You kiss his forehead, feeling your heart crack for the boy who wanted to help save the world.

"You knew?"

"That you lied about your age when you signed up for the experiment? It's my job to know those things." You kiss him again - this time on his lips. You don't comment on the salty taste or the fact that his cheeks are wet. You just stay right next to him and try to make him feel as loved as you know he is. Not just by you, but by everyone on the team.

You know Tony will find a way to apologize without ever saying the words "I'm sorry", but you also know that he'll never make another joke like that again. This is what family is. Sometimes, you cross a line without knowing it, and then you spend the rest of your life making sure it doesn't happen again for the simple reason that you care.

"A lot of people care about you. Including me."

[beebubb]

William grossman: becoming a pasta

(also i mention my OC amari here but they're just friends and roommates here. No romantic things)(also this might be kinda long and I mention some stuff about my creepypasta AU so if you don't wanna be confused you can check it out!)

Like I mentioned in an old post, will and LJ went on a lot of self discovery adventures for Will.

It was always will's dream to become a popular killer like Jeff but sense he couldn't actually bring himself to kill someone, he would doubt himself a lot and would sometimes just be so upset or angry at himself

Will: maybe coming to the underworld was a mistake.. I shouldn't have come here...

LJ: come on bud! There's gotta be something here you're good at!

They had literally tried many things.

Will worked for a surgeon for literally a day before he got fired. He couldn't bring himself to dissect someone. Yes he had seen dead bodies before out on the street but he couldn't bring himself to be the one to actually commit to doing it

He also tried to be a bounty hunter/hitman but, ended up quitting immediately after he was told to kill a family

He even worked at a black market that was hiring someone to just care for the oragans they sold. It was going pretty well but, lets say it was will's first time seeing an actual beating human heart

Will: what else could I be good at?!? Everything here involves killing! And I can't even kill someone if it depended on my damn life...

LJ: you could still try for your dream of being a slender proxy!

Will: but being a proxy involves killing! Maybe I should just go back to the human world... I don't even have my mark! I didn't get a permanent smile like Jeff or red bleeding eyes like ben!

Amari: I don't have any cool marks either!

Will: but atleast you got skulls shapes on your eyes! I didn't get anything! Maybe I just wasn't meant to be here...

Amari hated seeing will so upset. She knew his dream was to work for slenderman, and obviously, she wanted him to achieve it. She got lucky and worked for him from time to time, so she was sure she could talk to slender and see if will had a chance.

How he met slenderman

Amari went to see her boss a few days later. AKA slenderman. She explained to him his situation and, he actually wanted to meet him!

Slenderman isn't judgemental like many in the underworld think he is. He can see potential in someone even at their lowest.

She obviously went to the apartment to tell will the good news

Amari: will! You aren't going to believe this but i talked to slenderman about you and....he wants to see you!

Will: what?!? Are you serious?!

Amari: yep!

Will: holy shit!! Let me take a quick shower then!

Will took a shower and once he was ready he followed amari to the slender mansion.

Once they got there, masky did the regular check for weapons on him (it's normal for them to check new people that go into slenderman's meeting room just to make sure of any weapons or suspicious items)

Will was calm but was holding in his inner fanboy.

"I can't believe I'm seeing slender's most valuable proxy!!! Holy shit!!!"

LJ wasn't all that excited sense he already knew pretty much every pasta and knew what it was like living in the mansion/manor.

LJ: "what a hassle...."

LJ wasn't really aware of all the dangers the proxies tried to prevent. He just saw it as a way to show off their wealth and to think they were better than others

Once they were clear, masky took them to the meeting room

Even if will wasn't sure if he could get a chance working with slenderman, there was one thing he was definetly certain of.

Get their autographs

No way he was gonna waste his visit to the slender mansion and NOT get their autographs.

Masky: you may go inside

Will: um....could i get your autograph please?

Masky: oh, yes

Will: yes!! *takes out a scrapbook he made* here!

Masky: *signs in* there

Will: thank you so much!!!

LJ: come on! You look like a dork!

Will: ok ok! And I'm not gonna waste my visit and not get their autographs *goes into the meeting room*

Once they got in they were immediately greeted by slenderman

"Glad you came here william, please, take a seat"

William was so excited by seeing slenderman in person but was also terrified about what he would think of him.

Will became really shy and nervous while talking

Slenderman: so i heard you were interested in working with me later on but you had a few doubts on your own abilities, could you tell me more?

Will: i um....*fidgeting with his fingers*

LJ: he wants to be a proxy but he has trouble actually killing someone. So we wanna know his chances of actually becoming one

Slenderman: ah I see, well I'll have to look at some other assets, do you have any school documents?

Will: *nods and takes out a folder with his school papers*

These kind of meetings were actually pretty common so slenderman already knew what to look for in school documents

Will's grades weren't that good tbh

He had many subjects he struggled with. On his report cards, pretty much every subject had D's and C's, and the occasional F's. Only is P. E he had a B.

Slenderman usually looked for atleast a B average

Though the only straight A's that will got, were in chemistry

Slenderman: I see you're proficient in chemistry, how come that's the only subject you get A's in?

Will: well um.... It's pretty much the only subject that I like....

Slenderman: may I ask what your under realm mark you for when you arrived here?

Will: i didn't get anything...

Slender seemed kinda surprised at his answer.

He opened up a locked drawer on his desk and took out a heavy book and went through the pages and stopped at one with a picture of a hand with lines

Slenderman: may I see your hand?

Will: uh... Sure? *shows him his hand*

Slenderman seemed really intrigued with will's hand.

LJ and Amari were extremely confused.

Amari knew pretty much the process of these type of meetings but when she was applying as an apprentice for slenderman, slender didn't ask to see her hand like he did with will

Once slender was done checking will's hand, he looked through more of his records

LJ: um.... So what do you think? He has a bit of potential right?

Slenderman seemed lost in though for a second but replied

"William, have you ever took any.... Magic classes or considered taking one?"

The three of them were surprised.

Like, magic? They knew that magic existed in the underworld but why would he think will would Want to study it?

Magic is a really complicated subject and depending on what element you were granted or want to control, it takes a lot of discipline and training and it is rarely recommended to the top students at the institution sense it was pretty much college level

LJ: why do you ask that?

Will: yeah I mean... I'm barely passing and I don't know if my grades are even good enough for me to graduate this year.

Slenderman: well i don't know how you didn't see this before but, look

Slenderman turned the book to their direction

LJ and amari were shocked

LJ: will you?!?

Will: *looking at the book and at his hand* wait....holy shi-i mean oh my god! I have powers?!

Slenderman: i looked through your records and i see you're part of the grossman family.

LJ: uh yeah he had a great grandpa but how does that explain this? He never had any sort of contact with magic

Slenderman: maybe not him exactly but, she did

Slenderman pulled out a picture from isaac's record folder (all demons and rulers from hell and the under realm have a record of their citizens) and pulled out the picture of a woman

Slenderman: she's ida grossman. Isaac grossman's great grandmother. She was killed for practising witchcraft. It would explain why will was granted magic here in the under realm.

LJ: sense he has this power, how come i never saw it before? I've been with him ever sense he was born!

Slenderman: well his power is still undeveloped sense he never had any proper training or took any classes. He has the mark on his hand but if he wants to actually use his abilities, he'll need to start practicing.

LJ now understood, and was happy for will

LJ: how can he start?

Slenderman: well,i have a proxy named sherry that knows about this, she could be will's tutor. Also I have been really interested in getting an apprentice with magical abilities but it has been difficult finding one, but if will wants to work with me then..

Slenderman took out an apprentice application

Slenderman: I could take him in as my personal sorcerer

LJ: well, what do ya say bud? Do you wan-

Will: yes!!!!!

Will didn't even think twice on his answer. Of course he wanted to work as slenderman's apprentice in magic.

He felt like his life had literally no direction but now everything was changing. He felt more confident than ever

LJ: do these classes have a price or somethin'?

Slenderman: it's usually 50 per class in a normal school but it depends if my proxy wants to charge for them or not sense she teaches them individually.

Will: oh....

Amari: ah don't worry i can pay for them!

Will: you don't gotta do that!

Amari: it's fine! You're my friend, we should help each other out

Slenderman: so I'm guessing that it's settled then?

Will: yeah!

Slenderman: alright then, I'll just need a signature of your parent or guardian on the application

LJ gave his signature

Slenderman: thank you. Well you're ready to go. All you need to do now is finish your last month at the institution and once you're done, I'll have amari bring you here again to start your training.

Will: yes! Thank you! Um one more thing, could I get your autograph sir?

Slenderman: oh yes of course!

Once slenderman signed his notebook they thanked him and were free to go

Who knew that will was more special than many thought he was.

I hope you guys liked this! I'll be making more parts!

Also i know will wasn't really developed in the Creeps comic so I kinda let myself create his character more.

Also this was inspired by a headcanon I saw where will was granted powers so I wanted to include that into his character.